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JWS
Fresco, Pompeii.
such different colours in web images…
Classic, haunting beauty.
Mummy portrait on limewood, 55-70 AD. Roman period, Hawara, Egypt.
AN177045001
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Funerary portrait, detail.
original post here
Description
Limewood portrait of a woman: the richly bejeweled woman in the panel portrait is portrayed with elegance and sophistication, with sweet, refined features. The necklace inset with precious stones and diadem; the jewellery-detail in added gold leaf.
AN299549001
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Description
Limewood portrait of a woman: the richly bejeweled woman in the panel portrait is portrayed with elegance and sophistication, with sweet, refined features. The necklace inset with precious stones and diadem; the jewellery-detail in added gold leaf.
detail here
AN299549001
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Department: Ancient Egypt & Sudan
Roman, Fayum region, Egypt.
Portrait of a Man, 2nd century A.D.
Wood, pigment
36.8 x 22 x 3.5 cm (14 1/2 x 8 5/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Emily Crane Chadbourne, 1922.4798
